The Anthropocene is the “age of human influence”, an epoch well known for its urban impact. More than half of all people already live in cities, and this proportion is expected to rise to almost 70 percent by 2050. Like other species in urban areas, bats must contend with the pressures of profound and irreversible land cover change and overcome certain unique challenges, such as the high density of roads, lights, glass, and free-ranging domestic animals. Research on urban bats in recent decades indicates that when it comes to urban life, some bats are synanthropes. In other words,...
The Anthropocene is the “age of human influence”, an epoch well known for its urban impact. More than half of all people already live in cities, a...
The first comprehensive reference book ever published on systematic, ecology, conservation status and management of all 54 deer species of the world.Covering all deer species worldwide, this volume brings together the contributions of 130 international deer experts providing:A comprehensive review of current knowledge on evolution, phylogeny and systematic of deerA complete understanding of the ecology and conservation status of each species with detailed accountsA number of case studies on conservation, management, hunting, farming and impacts of deer on forest ecosystemsAn invaluable...
The first comprehensive reference book ever published on systematic, ecology, conservation status and management of all 54 deer species of the world.C...
With more than 10,000 species that vary in size, use diverse habitats that extend across latitudes and altitudes, consume a wide variety of food items, differ in how they fly (or not), communicate, and reproduce, and have different life histories, birds exhibit remarkable variation in form (anatomy) and function (physiology). Our understanding of how natural selection has generated this variation as birds evolved and as different species adapted to their unique circumstances has grown considerably in recent years. InIn a Class of Their Own: A Detailed Examination of Avian Forms and Functions,...
With more than 10,000 species that vary in size, use diverse habitats that extend across latitudes and altitudes, consume a wide variety of food items...
This volume presents a series of case studies, at different levels of inclusivity, of how organisms exhibit functional convergence as a key evolutionary mechanism resulting in responses to similar environmental constraints in mechanically similar ways. The contributors to this volume have selected and documented cases of convergent evolution of form and function that are perceived to be driven by environmental abiotic and/or biotic challenges that fall within their areas of expertise. Collectively these chapters explore this phenomenon across a broad phylogenetic spectrum. The sequence of...
This volume presents a series of case studies, at different levels of inclusivity, of how organisms exhibit functional convergence as a key evolutiona...
